“An asana, or yoga pose, is a container for an experience. It is not an exercise for strengthening or stretching a particular muscle or musclegroup, although it might have that effect… Each asana is a whole-body practice where we can witness how things arise, how they are sustained, and how they dissolve or are transformed. We can see how we are affected by the experience of moving into the pose, being in the pose, and moving out of the pose and how that might affect other places in our life where we meet change. While we might choose different aspects of a pose to focus on, the asana itself is a composite of all the possible points of focus, and the whole experience is greater than the sum of its parts / Amy Matthews”